Initial Reactions

[Lina]

So, I've been thinking for a while now about posting this topic, and I decided to do so now~

Basically you tell what your initial reactions were upon seeing either the preview for a new episode or seeing the episode itself for the first time. I've got a somewhat silly story to share XD

When I first saw the preview to Bitter Reunions, I freaked. "Imagine my surprise to find you, the second ghost hybrid his foolishness created!" Now, you may call me stupid for thinking this, but when I first heard Vlad say that, I thought he meant that Jack was a halfa too. Imagine my surprise when I heard that XD But of course, I was proved wrong in the actual episode. I still like my idea better~ And, of course, it was true in a later episode, Master of All Time (I think).

So, any of you girls have stories like this? It can be about any episode or one of the movies, or about the entire series when you first heard about it.

[Black Blaze]

umm...I can't really recall, but sort of. A few days before Micro Management aired, I drew a pic for the "Save Danny" chain. I drew myself in a black and white t-shirt with the DP sign on the chest. Then when Micro Management aired, i noticed Danny's shirt, I was like "HOLY CRAP!!! O_O"

[Lina]

Freaky. XD Mine was so terrifying, 'cause wouldn't that just be horrible and awesome all at once? XD

[EmikoKohana]

Hmm...

I vaguely remember the ads for "Reign Storm", and at that time, I was still a newcomer to the DP universe (though I knew the majoity of the charaters), but I remember still being SOOOOOO excited for a couple of reasons:

1.) I seem to have this absolute LOVE for stories that involve pretty much every character needing to come together to defeat a bigger threat, even if a few of the characters hate each other's guts. The ads showed Danny talking to Vlad, saying "You're helping ME?!", and shaking hands with Valerie while saying "You don't have to trust me, just fight with me!", and you had NO IDEA how pumped up that made me.

2.) By this time, I had admitted to myself that I might've possibly had the tiniest, TINEST crush on Danny (yeah, Denial-Land was pretty nice that time of year ), so seeing a new episode of him was already pretty exciting even without the plot device mentioned above.

3.) C'mon, think about it! The ads showed Amity Park practically being engulfed by the Ghost King, THE FRIGGIN' KING OF ALL THINGS GHOSTLY! If that wasn't exciting, I don't know WHAT could be.

So I was REALLY looking foward to it, and actually watching RT helped turn me into the fan I am today.

Not only was the storyline epic, and the subplots exciting (Vlad and Valerie, Vlad and the Fright Knight, Danny and Valerie's budding relationship), it still didn't fail at being funny as heck from time to time. ("You okay? ...Sorry, standard question." "Oh, sugar cookie!" "But more than anything, know this: THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT! I REPEAT, THIS WAS NOT MY FAULT!!") By the time this was over, I was pretty speechless. This was heck of a ride, and it marked the realization that this was a series I wanted to seriously follow. To me, this whole episode was a peak of excitement that no other DP episode could made me feel ever again. Not even "The Ultimate Enemy" could compete with it. (Sorry, TUE fans!) But I enjoyed the rest of the series regardless.

Not to mention, it was the episode that made me finally come to grips with my feelings for Danny, but that's another story...


Um...don't remember if any other episode previews left an impact...I'll get back to you if there was another. ^^